Fireplace for domestic heating



FIREPLACE FOR DOMESTIC HEATING mmm wfnrar 4. 667656//656/26 y l" f4 Hr/r Patented Aug. 19, 1924.

UNITED LoN AGONZAGUE DE 'Brumesorari,4 or PARIS, FRANCE.

Application' filed May `31,

To all whom t may concern..."

Be it known that "I, LoN GONZAGUE yDn BELLnsoIzn, citizen ofthe French Republic, residing at Paris, France, have inventedcertain-newv and useful Improvements in Fireplaces yfor Domestic Heating, of which the following is a specification. I

This inventionrelates to fireplaces for domestic heating and is characterized fby the fact that the frame casing members or walls of the fire place disposed around the f,

uid, after cooling leaves 4panels g2g? by y conduits 713 a, fconnected, toy a?v discharge d grate and serving as the casing of a hot air radiator are formed as hollowmetal radiat-r ing panels in whichr the water or steam from f the Vboiler of a central heating installation may circulate.

The accompanying drawing illustrates by way of example one form of construction of the fire place accordin'gto theinvention.'`

Figure 1 is a front elevation y Figure 2 is a horizontal section on 2 2 of Figure 1. Figure 3 is a vertical section on 3-3 of Figure l.

Figure l is a side elevation corresponding with Fig. l. -k

Figure 5 is a detailvview to a larger scale.` Figure 6 is another detail view. n The fire place consists of a cast-iron body a open at the front and provided at the top with a Hue al through which` the products of combustion escape. This flue al terminates at the foot of a chimneyor smoke shaft provided in the wall b1 a short distance in front of which, is the lire place. f

The re place a may be closed at the `front by a screen c of sheet metal, formed in the known manner in one or more parts and accommodated, when raised, in a iuid tight chamber d. This chamber is adapted to prevent the smoke from passing yinto the interior of the casingv of the re place and is constituted by an iron frame of U-shape in section and of inverted U-shape in outline and by two sheet metal plates d2 riveted to the upper transverse limb and along a certain length of the vertical limbs ofthe frame. The vertical limbs of this inverted U-shaped frame serve at the same time as guides for the screen c; they are provided internally with springs e (Fig. 5) which secure by pressure the raised screen at the re- ,quired height.

The lire place casing comprises, on its FiRErLAcE rnon Ano ivrEs'ric HEATING," Y

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I front'face, vertical. uprights fand an upper mantelfpiece f1, of masonry and marble, as usual, and hollowcast iron panels'g, g1, gf",- between rthe yformer and thev body a. ft the side faces,the fire place casingfcomprises hollow7 cast'iron panels 93,: g4.' f The heat',- ing iuid (vapor or liquid) *isfled in by conarr dult d in ythe upper panel in `it'rontjpof g,

and then passes in the` panels g1,'g2 `by the conduits -1,'12connecting the'panels g1, g2 tothe lateral panelsfga, g4. yThe heating The panelsgl,v g2, gia" [g4 'arefprovidedat the bottom with openings fitted withfg'ratings'.` h1, ths, 71,4 throughy which the air passes into the interior of the frame ofthe v lire f place. These Vgratings are removable for thefpurpose of cleaning. The air which is heated by contact', either with the panels g, g1 or with ythe body a, or with the two si-` multaneously, escapes at the top of the frame through holes f2 provided in the mantel piece and through openings fitted with gratings h5, he, provided at the top of the'lside panelsfgs, g4. y 'The mantel board g5 of marble is removable so as to permit of cleaning allk the apparatus enclosed in the frame.

Instead of admitting air through the gratings hl, h2, hlt", air may be admitted from the floor, or from the'interior of the space to be heated or from the outside. The panels g to grmay be provided, as illustrated in Fig. 6, with a corrugated inner surface for the purpose ofincreasing the heating surface. The fire place above describedhas the advantage of rendering the radiators ofthe central heating installation invisible Lwhilst i retaining the usual appearance of the lire. f

lthe hollow panels; if the heating surface obtained kis insufcient by reason of the cubic capacity `'to be'heated supplementary radiators of any suitable'type may be placed between the fire place a and the casing. Finally if desiredthe two methods of heating may be used simultaneously.

It will be understood that the invention is not limited to the details of construction described and that it may be carried into electaccording to any modification based on the same principle; for example the shape and arrangement of the fire place a may be modified as also those of the panels for the circulation of water. For example fins.l or the like may be provided on the outer sur. face of the ire place a for increasingthe radiation sur-face, and the mounting vof the screenenclosing the front opening of the fire place t may be lmodiiied.

What I claim isgl ,n l. A lire place for domesticheating, comprising aiire place body, a lire placejcasing adapted to form the outer casing of ay hot air radiatoighollow metal panels vprovided in the walls of-'said casing, and means for i circulating a heating fluid from theboiler of a central heating arrangement in, said hollow'metalpanels. y

A iire place for domestic heating, com-' prising a ire place body, a lire place casing l adapted to form the outer casing of a hot air radiator7 hollow metal panels constituting the side and front walls of said casing, and means forcirculating a heating Huid;y from the boiler of ay central heating arrangement in said hollow metal panels.

3f A fire place for domestic heating, comprising a fire place body, a fire place casing adapted to form the outer casing of a hot air radiator, hollow metal panels provided in the walls'of said casing, air openings at the bottom of said panels, and meansV vfor circulating a heating fluid Jfrom the boiler of a central heating arrangement in said holf` lon7 metal panels. n

4. .A lire placefor domestic heating, com? prising a fire place bodya re place casing adapted to form the outer casing of; aghotY air radiator, a fluidtight chamber at the iront upper partof'the said re place body, adapted to prevent smoke frompassingv into the interior of thefireplace casing, ,hollow metal panels provided in rthewalls of ysaid easing, and means for circulating a heating fluid from the boiler .of a central heating arrangement in said hollow metal panels.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

u'aoNl coNzAGUE as BELLEscizr. 

